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050 00 $aF394.H89$bM516 2001
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100 1 $aKreneck, Thomas H.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n86845506
245 10 $aMexican American odyssey :$bFelix Tijerina, entrepreneur & civic leader, 1905-1965 /$cThomas H. Kreneck.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aCollege Station :$bTexas A&M University Press,$c[2001], ©2001.
300 $axvii, 402 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations, portraits ;$c24 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
490 1 $aUniversity of Houston series in Mexican American studies ;$vno. 2
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [376]-382) and index.
505 00 $gCh. 1.$tLa Inmigracion --$gCh. 2.$tFrom Obrero to Entrepreneur --$gCh. 3.$tEmergence of a Latin American Leader --$gCh. 4.$tHoratio Alger Success Story --$gCh. 5.$t"Always Doing Something Nice": Felix Tijerina and Anglo American Groups, 1948-1956 --$gCh. 6.$tSiempre Haciendo por la Raza: Felix Tijerina and Latin American Groups, 1950-1956 --$gCh. 7.$t"In Exile from His Native Land": Felix Tijerina v. Herbert Brownell, Jr. --$gCh. 8.$tThe LULAC National Presidency, Part I: 1956-1958 --$gCh. 9.$tThe LULAC National Presidency, Part II: 1958-1960 --$gCh. 10.$tCitizen Felix: The Final Years, 1960-1965.
520 1 $a"In Mexican American Odyssey, Thomas H. Kreneck not only traces the influential life of Houston entrepreneur and civic leader Felix Tijerina as an individual but illustrates how Tijerina reflected many trends in Mexican American development during the decades he lived, years that were crucial for the Hispanic community today.
520 8 $aKreneck outlines a pattern of identity and assimilation that has been traced in bold, broader terms by other scholars, who have called Tijerina's contemporaries the "Mexican American Generation.""--BOOK JACKET.
600 10 $aTijerina, Felix,$d1905-1965.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n00026377
650 0 $aMexican Americans$zTexas$zHouston$vBiography.
650 0 $aBusinessmen$zTexas$zHouston$vBiography.
650 0 $aCivil rights workers$zTexas$zHouston$vBiography.
651 0 $aHouston (Tex.)$vBiography.
651 0 $aHouston (Tex.)$xEthnic relations.
650 0 $aMexican Americans$xCivil rights$zTexas$zHouston$xHistory$y20th century.
610 20 $aLeague of United Latin American Citizens$xHistory.
650 0 $aMexican Americans$xCivil rights$xHistory$y20th century.
830 0 $aUniversity of Houston series in Mexican American studies ;$vno. 2.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n98096768
852 00 $boff,glx$hF394.H89$iM516 2001